Kent Bush: Many searching for big answers on Easter

Easter is a great time to visit a church of your choosing. That Sunday, more than any other, churches host people who don't attend regularly. You won't stand out or be made to feel uncomfortable.

Kent Bush

I don't believe in atheists.

I don't believe in this seemingly autonomous group defined singularly by a solitary lack of belief in a higher power.

I do believe a great number of people might not believe in the same God that Bible-thumping "Christians" quote on their Facebook statuses after posting a string of photos of drunken debauchery from the other six nights of the week.

I get that. We "believers" don't exactly pave the path of faith for you.
But I think everyone believes in something. Hindus love cows and some worship monkey gods. Buddhists try to follow the chantings of a chubby little monk. Some people even believe in Braco the Gazer.

That last fact may be the best proof of all that everyone believes in something. Braco is a man who grew up in Croatia and built a center at the ripe old age of 26. Now, in his 40s, he can stare the Hell right out of you.

Visiting him brings "a new possibility for healing, transformation and awakening for humanity." That's awesome.

Braco is no fiery preacher who has a new revelation from God. He doesn't touch you or even smile or frown suggestively. He doesn't communicate with his visitors in any traditional sense. He merely gazes.

Fortunately, his website offers advice on how to return his gazes to maximize the awakening and transformational power. When Braco stares at you blankly, you will likely feel incredible tingling in your toes and the warmth of his love as he looks at you. I don't know about you, but those Hindu monkey Gods are looking pretty good right now.

I understand these people. They are looking for the next thing, the better thing, the thing their parents can't understand because of their traditions. One woman reported being drawn to Braco the Gazer because there is no dogma. Obviously, this woman has not had a positive experience with the Church. She's not alone.

But in the Church's defense, it is hard to have a dogma when you don't even speak. Braco has a home-court advantage on that point.
It is easy to see why people fall into these traps –– there is a general revelation of God that can be seen in the intricacy of human life, the beauty of a sunset or the glorious night sky. All of these things are part of creation and speak to the existence of a power far greater than we possess.

But most face, almost daily, a more specific revelation of someone or something calling them into a personal relationship with God. How that message is received and interpreted determines whether people attend a local church every Sunday or fly to India to visit the Maharishi OkeeDokee.

We are approaching the Easter season and many people will be searching for more than eggs during the holiday season. Many are searching for the big answers in life.

For those seekers, the answer is pretty clear. Acts 4:12 speaks pretty plainly about Jesus, "There is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given among people by which we must be saved."

Easter is a great time to visit a church of your choosing. That Sunday, more than any other, churches host people who don't attend regularly. You won't stand out or be made to feel uncomfortable.

If you wonder what the answers are to the big questions in life, you might just find some of them in a local church. If you're really lucky, the pastor might just gaze at you lovingly –– but I wouldn't count on it.